Politische Partizipation in Ostdeutschland
Matthias Brachert, Oscar W. Gabriel, Rebekka Heyme, Everhard Holtmann, Tobias Jaeck, Aya Isabel Kleine, Jürgen Maier
Halle (Saale): Zentrum für Sozialforschung Halle e.V. an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg,
2019
Abstract
Die Frage, ob in Ostdeutschland politisch „die Uhren anders gehen“, hat Politik und Politikwissenschaft seit der Wiedervereinigung beschäftigt. Wie die Beantwortung der Frage ausfällt, hängt vom zyklischen Verlauf des Wahlverhaltens und dem dadurch ausgelösten dynamischen Wandel des Parteiensystems auf nationaler wie regionaler Ebene wesentlich ab. Schien ein besonderer „Ostfaktor“ in Gestalt der PDS und der ihr Erbe antretenden Partei Die Linke als ostdeutsche Regional-und Interessenpartei gut 25 Jahre lang im gesamtdeutschen Parteiensystem als eine berechenbare politische Größe auf-gehoben, so zeigt das Ergebnis der Bundestagswahl von 2017 ein wieder deutlicher zwischen beiden Landesteilen ́gespaltenes` Wahlverhalten.
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IWH-Flash-Indikator I. Quartal und II. Quartal 2019
Katja Heinisch
IWH-Flash-Indikator,
No. 1,
2019
Abstract
Die deutsche Wirtschaft stagnierte im vierten Quartal 2018, nachdem das Bruttoinlandsprodukt im dritten Quartal um 0,2% zurückgegangen war. Der aktuelle IWH-Flash-Indikator deutet darauf hin, dass die Wirtschaft auch zu Beginn des Jahres 2019 noch keinen neuen Schwung bekommen hat. Im zweiten Quartal 2019 dürfte dann mit einem kleinen Plus von 0,1% langsam wieder Fahrt aufgenommen werden.
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11.02.2019 • 3/2019
No-deal Brexit would hit the German labour market particularly hard
The United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal would have consequences for international trade and labour markets in many countries, including outside Europe. Calculations by the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) indicate: More than 600,000 jobs may be affected worldwide, but nowhere as many as in Germany.
Oliver Holtemöller
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Potential International Employment Effects of a Hard Brexit
Hans-Ulrich Brautzsch, Oliver Holtemöller
Abstract
We use the World Input Output Database (WIOD) to estimate the potential employment effects of a hard Brexit in 43 countries. In line with other studies we assume that imports from the European Union (EU) to the UK will decline by 25% after a hard Brexit. The absolute effects are largest in big EU countries which have close trade relationships with the UK like Germany and France. However, there are also large countries outside the EU which are heavily affected via global value chains like China, for example. The relative effects (in percent of total employment) are largest in Malta and Ireland. UK employment will also be affected via intermediate input production. Within Germany, the motor vehicle industry and in particular the “Autostadt” Wolfsburg are most affected.
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Industrial Relations: Worker Codetermination and Collective Wage Bargaining
Steffen Müller, Claus Schnabel
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik,
No. 1,
2019
Abstract
Trade unions and employers’ associations, collective bargaining, and employee representation at the workplace are the cornerstones of industrial relations systems in many developed countries. Germany stands out as a country with powerful works councils and a high coverage rate of collective bargaining agreements, supported by encompassing interest groups of employees and employers and by the state. The German case and the perceived stability of its industrial relations regime have attracted considerable attention among researchers and politicians, which also has to do with the country’s high productivity, comparably few strikes, and relatively minor employment problems. However, in recent years industrial relations in many countries including Germany have come under pressure and the fact that there is no obvious and clearly superior alternative to the current regime of industrial and labour relations may not be sufficient to guarantee the survival of the present system.
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Politics, Banks, and Sub-sovereign Debt: Unholy Trinity or Divine Coincidence?
Michael Koetter, Alexander Popov
Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper,
No. 53,
2018
Abstract
We exploit election-driven turnover in State and local governments in Germany to study how banks adjust their securities portfolios in response to the loss of political connections. We find that local savings banks, which are owned by their host county and supervised by local politicians, increase significantly their holdings of home-State sovereign bonds when the local government and the State government are dominated by different political parties. Banks' holdings of other securities, like federal bonds, bonds issued by other States, or stocks, are not affected by election outcomes. We argue that banks use sub-sovereign bond purchases to gain access to politically distant government authorities.
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Spatial Development Patterns in East Germany and the Policy to Maintain “Industrial Cores”
Gerhard Heimpold
H.-G. Jeong, G. Heimpold (Hrsg.), Economic Development after German Unification and Implications for Korea. Policy References 18-08. Sejong: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy,
2018
Abstract
This paper investigates the intra-regional development patterns in East Germany with particular reference to the manufacturing sector. When East Germany’s economy was ruled by the central planning regime, the share of industrial workforce in total employment was the greatest in entire Europe. It exceeded the respective value in the Soviet Union at that time. When the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy occurred, the East German manufacturing sector faced the greatest challenges.
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Decision Making by the Treuhandanstalt on Privatization, Restructuring, or Liquidation of Former State-owned Firms in East Germany
Gerhard Heimpold
H.-G. Jeong, G. Heimpold (Hrsg.), Economic Development after German Unification and Implications for Korea. Policy References 18-08. Sejong: Korea Institute for International Economic Policy,
2018
Abstract
Subject to this paper is the decision making by Treuhandanstalt on privatization, restructuring, or liquidation of former state-owned firms in East Germany. To explain: the Treuhandanstalt was the agency at the Federal level tasked with the privatization of the former state-owned firms of the GDR. All former state-owned firms were assigned to the Treuhandanstalt in mid-1990. The notion of Treuhand firms (“Treuhandfirmen”) will be used to characterize this type of firms.
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